The southern pine beetle is half the size of a grain of rice and favors several types of pines that together make up about 1 percent of the forested area of Maine.
WATERBORO, Maine — The state s widespread fires of 1947 and a planned but failed housing development in the 1970s could not kill off the 3,000 acres of mostly pitch pine
We urge those in a position to manage other forests, whether in the United States or Canada or elsewhere in the world, to follow the lead of the Pine Bush Preserve. That way, we can keep our heroes at home doing proactive rather than reactive work. And we’ll all breathe easier.
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